Microcottus Schmidt [P. Yu.] 1940:378 Masc. Acanthocottus sellaris Gilbert 1896. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Microcottus Schmidt 1940 -- (Neelov 1979:115, 134 [ref. 3152], Yabe et al. 1983:460-461 [ref. 5423], Washington et al. 1984:443 [ref. 13660], Yabe in Masuda et al. 1984:327 [ref. 6441], Yabe 1985:111 [ref. 11522], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:218 [ref. 15964], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:402 [ref. 25968], Parin et al. 2002:S80 [ref. 28300], Yabe & Pietsch 2003:276 [ref. 27215], Mecklenburg et al. 2011:123 [ref. 31212], Parin et al. 2014:259 [ref. 33547], Balakirev et al. 2020:11 [ref. 37873], Radchenko et al. 2021:[9] [ref. 38826]). Current status: Valid as Microcottus Schmidt 1940. Psychrolutidae.